Connector for conduits and pipes.



G. A. LUTZ.

CONNECTOR FOR GONDUITS AND PIPES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23,1909.

1,028,579, Patented June 4, 191,2.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT o EioE.

.GEonGE A. Low, or PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

Application filed To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. Low, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State .of New Jersey,have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Connectors forConduits and Pipes, of which the following The object of my invention isto provide improved means for connecting conduits, of the class havingone side open and provided with a removable cover, with pipes at thecorners or junctions of such conduits and pipes'where they extend at anangle to each other. i

The invention comprises a connector made in angular form or having aplurality of one of which branches is provided with a socket adapted toreceive a conduit of substantially. angular form or one having one sideopen and provided .with a removable cover, and the other branch isprovided with internal screw threads adapted to receive the threads upona pipe used as a conduit, to enable connection of a line of pipe to bemade with such a conduit as de'scribed'where they meet at. an. anglewith respect. to each other, whereby the contained conductor may becarried around a corner. I

The invention also comprises-the novel details of improvement andcombinations of parts that-will be more fully hereinafter set forth andthen pointed out in .theclaims.

Reference is'to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improvements; Fig. 2 isasecti'on on the line2, 2, in Fig. 1; Fig. '3 is an end view of .theconnector looking from the left in Fig.

2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the connector, its cap being removed,and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the underside of said cap.

' Similar numerals of reference indicate correspondingparts in theseveral views.

wn generally at 1, and

,The connector is sho comprises a suitable piece of material such ascast metal, provided with a channel-like branch 1 and a tub lar branch 1communicating with each other through the chamber 1; The branches 1, 1are at anangle'to each other, and.are' shown at a right angle withrespect to each other. is provided with a socket 2 adapted to receive aconduit Specification of Letters Iatent.

. nector. Cap 5 is 5 projecting in the direction of socket 2 to towardthe con-' 3. Socket 2 is open on one CONNECTOR EoEooNnnrrs Am PIPES.

Patented June 4, 1912.

September 23, 1909. SerialNo. 519,192.

side and one end, and in the example illustrated the open side of socket2' extends upwardly or outwardly in a direction parallel to the bore ofbranch 1 while the open end of socket 2 extends in a direction at anangle to the bore of branch 1 to receive conduit 3. The conduit 3 I haveshown is of channel form having one side open and provided with aremovablecover 3 Inthe particular form of conduit illustrated the sameis provided receiving cover 3, and in the particular form of socket 2illustrated the same isprovided with a bottom wall 2 side walls 2 at anangle to thebottom Wall, and offset recesses 2, the conduit 3 being setin socket 2 and the extendingportions 3 of the conduit entering therecesses 2 The branch 1 of the connector is provided with internalthreads '1 receiving external threads 4 upon pipe 4, and at'l is ashoulder or seat within the connector serving as an abutment toprevent'pipe 4 from being screwed too far into the hollow portion 1 ofthe connector. At 5 is a cap or cover secured upon the connector tocover socket 2 and hollow portion 1 of the connector, which cap is shownheld in place by screws 6 passing through holes-in the cap and enteringthreaded holes -7 in the conshown provided with a lug limit the slidingof cover. 3 nector 1. Lug 5 is shown provided with an extension 5?projecting outwardly under cover 3 see Fig. 2. Cap 5 is also shown theexterior of the open end of the connector,

the connector and its cap. The connector may used as a conduit forelectric conductors by and the pipe are firmly united together and theyextend at an angleto each other, whereby where ,a system of electricaldistribution is already installed comprising piping an of an open-sidedconduit, or vice versa,

with opposed curved portions 3" provided with a flange 5 extendingaround serving to produce a tight closure between screwing themtogether, and the channel be attached to a pipe maintained in bond-likeconnect-ion while d it is desired to carry off a branch by means.

proper connection can be readily made one with the other, or an originalinstallation" may be made inthe manner shown.

Having now described my invention what I claim is:

. 1. A connector comprising a piece .of ma terial'having a plurality ofbranches at an angle to each other, one of said branches being tubularand provided with internal screw threads, the other branch having ,a

socket opening in two directions, one of said directionsbeing at'anangle to the bore of said tubular branch, said connector having. achamber communicating with said tubular branch and with said socket.

2. A connector comprising a single piece I Of material having .aplurality of branches located at an angle to each ot-her,one of said atan angle to each other, one of said branches being tubular and providedwith. internal screw threads and with a seat atthe inner part of itsbore, the other I branch having a socket having two sides.

open and facing in different directions, said chamber communicating with"said branch and with said socket, and acap secured upon the connectorover one open side of the socket and over said chamber.

4. The combination of a tubular pipe pro- I vided with threads at itsend, a connector having a plurality of branches, one of said branchesbeing tubular and provided with threads receiving thethreads of saidpipe, the other .branch being provided with a socket and having a sideopening at an angle to said pipe, and a channel-like conduit, I receivedin said socket, said conduit being provided with a removable cover.

5. The combination of a tubular pipe provided with threads at its end, aconnector having a, plurality of branches, one of said branches beingtubular and provided with threads receiving the threads of said pipe,the other branch being provided with a socket and having a side openingat an angle to said pipe, a channel-like conduit received in saidsocket, said conduit being provided with a removable cover, saidconnector having an internal chamber commu nicating with the tubularbranch and with said socket, and a cover secured over said socket andchamber.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of NewYork, this 22nd day of September, A. D. 1909.

GEORGE A. LUTZ.

